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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
7
The advertisement proclaims a major shirt waist sale by L Oransky, featuring 935 waists including striped jabot and lingerie styles. It emphasizes low prices, variety, and sizes 34 to 50, with Net waists in white and ecru, trimmed with lace and chiffon lining.
In Atlantic Iowa Aug 7 1908 a letter from SCREECH OWL argues for reviving merchant cooperation via a Rest Room on Chestnut Street and waste-paper stock sales to fund it. The piece rails at the Merchants’ Association a dead entity and urges a city tax for fire equipment benefiting property owners, while criticizing Liberal opponents and calling for broader civic unity. It cites Postmaster Williams and a Des Moines paper-house anecdote as supporting data.
A fragment from a Wise Talk column discusses Uncle Sam’s navy, the Pacific coast, and a merchants creed about consistent service. It emphasizes doing the right thing to gain customers and hints at local business and farming concerns.
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